[WLUG] The End of XP an Opportunity for Linux?

Thu Apr 10 11:26:06 EDT 2014

After returning to Linux at work following a break, I decided I needed a home machine. I have a Compaq Evo 800n (circa 2005) now dualbooting XP and Xubuntu. I love how Xubuntu lives comfortably in 5 Gb, but I'm about ready to give it the rest of the drive and kill XP. 

The real test was giving the machine to my wife, who can read Webmail and that's about it. Once she understood the analog for the Start button and how to find the applications, she ignored the platform entirely -- she was comfortable. As a bonus, Skype and our Logitech Webcam work even better on Xubuntu. 

Alan Benard 
WCC '11 
BPI Information Systems, Inc. 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Jim Irrer" <irrer at umich.edu> 
To: "Washtenaw Linux Users Group (WLUG)" <washlug at washlug.org> 
Sent: Wednesday, April 9, 2014 12:16:51 PM 
Subject: Re: [WLUG] The End of XP an Opportunity for Linux? 

On some older personal computers I've gone with 
Xubuntu because of it's smaller memory footprint. 
You still get the benefits of the Ubuntu community. 

I've heard of RDP programs that allow users to 
access Windows from Linux clients, but I've never 
used them. 

If all they do is RDP then it sounds like a good idea. 
Get one working first and then duplicate that effort on 
the rest. 

Thanks, 

- Jim 

Jim Irrer irrer at umich.edu (734) 647-4409 
University of Michigan Hospital Radiation Oncology 
519 W. William St. Ann Arbor, MI 48103-4943 

On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 9:17 AM, Chris Baty < batymahn at gmail.com > wrote: 

Hi guys, 
Through ironic circumstances I've become the IT Coordinator of a moderately sized Ann Arbor non-profit. Our backbone is a Windows 2008 Server (lucky me) but our staff accesses it, via Remote Desktop, through a bunch of old XP machines. Now that XP is no longer supported by Microsoft I'm seriously thinking about installing Kubuntu (because of it's similarity to Windows, low cost and resistance to viruses) on our old XP machines. 

Has any one had a similar decision? 

Thanks. 

Chris Baty 
IT Coordinator 
Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living 

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